2. ABQ Business First - "UNM takes a whale of a step in genome sequencing"Jeremy Edwards, professor in UNM’s departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Chemical Engineering, and his team assist international researchers to sequence the Minke whale genome in a little more than six months.

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A NOB HILL DOG OWNER TURNED TO THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO HELP FIND HER LOST POOCH. NOW THE TINY CHIHUAHUA NAMED "BIGGIE" HAS MORE FACEBOOK FANS THAN MOST HUMANS! NEWS 13'S COLE MILLER HAS THE STORY. HE'S JUST SO TIRED. MEET BIGGIE - HE IS ZONKED - PROBABLY DREAMING - OR HAVING A NIGHTMARE - ABOUT HIS ADVENTURE THAT LED HIS OWNER ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE. SUNDAY MORNING I WENT TO BREAKFAST AND I ALWAYS CHIHUAHUA - SPOTTED A CAT. I CAME BACK AN HOUR LATER AND HE WAS GONE. I WAS IN SUCH PANIC AND SADNESS AND SO DISTRAUGHT, IT WAS AWFUL. CAITLIN CANO SAYS BIGGIE IS LIKE A CHILD TO HER. WITH A WARDROBE THAT WOULD MAKE ANY CANINE JEALOUS. HE'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER GETS ME HAPPY. SO THE ***UNM ***SENIOR-- WHO MAKES A LIVING IN SOCIAL MEDIA-- TOOK TO THE INTERNET. AND SO I STARTED A FACEBOOK PAGE THAT NIGHT. AND IN NO TIME - FRIENDS STARTED SHARING THE PAGE - AND THEN THEIR FRIENDS STARTED SHARING THE PAGE. TWO ALBUQUERQUE RADIO STATIONS EVEN GOT IN ON IT. TOTAL IT GOT PROBABLY AROUND 1000 SHARES AND IT REACHED OVER 300K PEOPLE. WHILE CAITLIN WAS SCOURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEARBY BUSINESSES ASHLEY ESTRADA GOT A CALL FROM HER GRANDMA WHO WAS DOWN AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE FOR JURY DUTY ON MONDAY. THAT CALL WAS ABOUT A LITTLE DOG. HE WAS SHAKING AND SHIVERING AND TERRIFIED OF PEOPLE. IT TURNS OUT ESTRADA WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH CANO AND THEY HAD SOME MUTUAL FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK THAT'S WHEN SHE STUMBLED ACROSS BIGGIE'S PAGE. I WAS LIKE OH HEY! THATS THE DOG I HAVE, I CALLED HIM HENRY. HENRY - OR BIGGIE - HAD MADE IT ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN FROM HIS NOB HILL HOME. I'M SO HAPPY, I'M SO RELIEVED, IT WAS PROBABLY THE WORST 4 DAYS OF MY LIFE. HE GOT HURT ON HIS LITTLE ADVENTURE. AND IT'S THAT LITTLE ADVENTURE - A BIG ONE FOR THIS TINY GUY THAT THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA LANDED HIM BACK IN FAMILIAR ARMS. THE POWER OF SOCIAL TOUCHING SUBJECTS PEOPLE HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE WILL HELP YOU. COLE MILLER KRQE NEWS 13. CANO SAYS SHE'LL PUT UP AN ENCLOSURE TO KEEP "BIGGIE" FROM CHASING ANY MORE CATS.

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CATHOLIC STUDENTS AT UNM’S NEWMAN CENTER AREN'T BACKING DOWN FROM THEIR SUPPORT OF PRIESTS THE ARCHDIOCESE PLANS TO REMOVE. THE STUDENTS HELD A RALLY THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT THE CENTER'S DOMINICAN PRIESTS. LAST MONTH, ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL SHEEHAN ANNOUNCED THE ARCHIDIOCESE WILL TAKE OVER AND REMOVE THE DOMINICANS IN JULY. HE HOPES IT WILL LEAD TO MORE UNM STUDENTS BECOMING PRIESTS. SUPPORTERS OF THE DOMINICANS SAY THEY OFFER A UNIQUE OUTLOOK ON CATHOLICISM AND ARE OPEN TO CONNECTING WITH THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY.

TONIGHT, PROTESTORS WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND CONVINCE ARCHIBISHOP MICHAEL SHEEHAN TO KEEP DOMINICAN PRIESTS AT THE AQUINAS NEWMAN CENTER, ON THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CAMPUS. THE DOMINICANS HAVE LED THE CENTER SINCE THE 1950'S, BUT THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE SAYS IT'S TAKING CONTROL OF THE CENTER, ANDTHE DOMINICAN PRIESTS WILL BE GONE BY JULY 1. THE PROTEST BEGINS AT 5-30.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS CELEBRATING ITS 125TH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW, WITH A BIG PARTY. THE CELEBRATION WILL BEGIN AT NOON WITH CAKE IN THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING ATRIUM. A CANNON WILL SHOOT CONFETTI, AND STUDENTS WILL WEAR CHERRY AND SILVER FOR A GROUP PHOTO. AT 5-30 THE ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE WILL HAVE A RECEPTION AT HODGIN HALL, WITH MUSIC AND REFRESHMENTS. UNM WAS FOUNDED FEBRUARY 28, 1889.

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PARISHONERS ARE ON THE MARCH TODAY - SUPPORTING THEIR BELOVED PRIESTS, WHO ARE HEADED OUT OF TOWN. ARCHBISHOP MICHEAL SHEEHAN IS REMOVING THE DOMINICAN PRIESTS FROM THE NEWMAN AQUINAS CENTER ON THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CAMPUS. BUT PARISHIONERS SAY THE PRIESTS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB SERVING THEM SINCE THE 70S. TONIGHT THEY'RE STAGING A PUBLIC SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE PRIESTS WHO'VE MEANT SO MUCH TO THEIR COMMUNITY. WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO WHO HAVE HAD A PROFOUND EXPERIENCE WITH THE DOMINICANS, AND WHO ARE VERY SAD THAT THEY'RE LEAVING THE PARISHIONERS PLAN TO GATHER AND PRAY THE ROSARY BEFORE HEARING STUDENT REFLECTIONS. THEN THEY WILL BEGIN THE MARCH BACK TO THE CHURCH.

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“BIGGIE" RAN AWAY FROM HIS NOB HILL HOME LAST WEEK-- SO HIS SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY MOTHER TURNED TO FACEBOOK TO FIND HIM. AS NEWS 13'S COLE MILLER REPORTS-- THIS LITTLE GUY NOW HAS MORE FACEBOOK FANS THAN MOST PEOPLE. HE'S JUST SO TIRED. MEET BIGGIE - HE IS ZONKED - PROBABLY DREAMING - OR HAVING A NIGHTMARE - ABOUT HIS ADVENTURE THAT LED HIS OWNER ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE. SUNDAY MORNING I WENT TO BREAKFAST AND I ALWAYS LEAVE HIM IN THE BACKYARD. THAT'S WHEN SHE THINKS THE LITTLE CHIHUAHUA - SPOTTED A CAT. I CAME BACK AN HOUR LATER AND HE WAS GONE. I WAS IN SUCH PANIC AND SADNESS AND SO DISTRAUGHT, IT WAS AWFUL. CAITLIN CANO SAYS BIGGIE IS LIKE A CHILD TO HER. WITH A WARDROBE THAT WOULD MAKE ANY CANINE JEALOUS. HE'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER GETS ME HAPPY. SO THE UNM SENIOR WHO MAKES A LIVING IN SOCIAL MEDIA-- TOOK TO THE INTERNET. AND SO I STARTED A FACEBOOK PAGE THAT NIGHT. AND IN NO TIME - FRIENDS STARTED SHARING THE PAGE - AND THEN THEIR FRIENDS STARTED SHARING THE PAGE. TWO ALBUQUERQUE RADIO STATIONS EVEN GOT IN ON IT. TOTAL IT GOT PROBABLY AROUND 1000 SHARES AND IT REACHED OVER 300K PEOPLE. WHILE CAITLIN WAS SCOURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEARBY BUSINESSES ASHLEY ESTRADA GOT A CALL FROM HER GRANDMA - WHO WAS DOWN AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE FOR JURY DUTY ON MONDAY. THAT CALL WAS ABOUT A LITTLE DOG. HE WAS SHAKING AND SHIVERING AND TERRIFIED OF PEOPLE. IT TURNS OUT ESTRADA WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH CANO AND THEY HAD SOME MUTUAL FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK THAT'S WHEN SHE STUMBLED ACROSS BIGGIE'S PAGE. I WAS LIKE OH HEY! THATS THE DOG I HAVE, I CALLED HIM HENRY. HENRY - OR BIGGIE - HAD MADE IT ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN FROM HIS NOB HILL HOME. I'M SO HAPPY, I'M SO RELIEVED, IT WAS PROBABLY THE WORST 4 DAYS OF MY LIFE. HE GOT HURT ON HIS LITTLE ADVENTURE. AND IT'S THAT LITTLE ADVENTURE - A BIG ONE FOR THIS TINY GUY A BIG ONE FOR THIS TINY GUY THAT THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA - LANDED HIM BACK IN FAMILIAR ARMS. THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND POWER OF COMMUNITY REALLY BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY IF ITS SUCH A TOUCHING SUBJECT. PEOPLE HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE WILL HELP YOU. TO PREVENT BIGGIE FROM CHASING ANY MORE CATS DOWN THE ROAD-- CANO SAYS SHE'LL PUT UP AN ENCLOSURE.